Overview

• Buckingham Palace released a photograph of Princess Anne and Vice Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence taken at a Windsor Castle state banquet to mark her 75th birthday.
• The princess declined proposals for a party or milestone interview and will instead host leaders of more than 300 charities she supports at Buckingham Palace.
• In 2024 she topped The Court Circular’s engagement rankings for the fourth consecutive year, reaffirming her status as the hardest-working senior royal.
• After a serious horse-related accident in June 2024, she returned to public duties in under three weeks, demonstrating her determination and stamina.
• Charity executives from Save the Children UK, the Motor Neurone Disease Association and the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 praised her low-key influence, practical wit and long-standing commitment to causes.